More than forty grenades were thrown out at the same time, and then exploded one after another, directly causing flowers of flesh and blood in the dense crowd of Ming soldiers.
But this is not over yet!
As soon as the first round of bombing was over, Huang Xueren gave the order again without hesitation: "Fire, prepare, bomb!"
As soon as the order was issued, a second round of more than 40 grenades were thrown out, and once again they landed among the Ming army, and explosions sounded intensively.
Even because the explosions were so dense, they overlapped and formed a loud rumbling sound. This sound was more shocking than a simple shelling, and more despairing than the dense and clear gunshots.
Some of the Ming soldiers who were in the core of many explosions only felt a sharp pain in their bodies, and then lost consciousness. They were killed at the moment of the explosion.
However, more people were injured. To be honest, the explosion power of a single grenade was not that great, but their damage did not rely on the shock wave of the explosion, but on the fragments of the shells and even the nails and other objects contained inside.
After the explosion, these seemingly inconspicuous pieces of iron turned into little elves flying everywhere, and then penetrated into the bodies of the soldiers, causing serious injuries to these Ming army soldiers.
The Ming soldiers who were killed or injured on the spot fell one after another, so densely packed that they could hardly be counted. The surviving Ming soldiers were completely stunned at this moment.
The sound of the explosion was still echoing in their ears, but most of the comrades around them had already fallen to the ground. At that moment, they seemed to feel that they were in hell, surrounded by death!
They no longer ran and charged, they even forgot to shout and scream, they just stood there blankly like the living dead.
Waiting until they saw the pseudo-Tang bandits in front of them, several familiar and frightening voices came from again!
Huang Xueren shouted once again: "Light the fire!"
Not all of the hundred grenades have been thrown out, and there are almost twenty left. Such a sharp weapon, and the effect is so obvious, Huang Xueren will naturally not hide it. Now the charge momentum of the Ming army has been suppressed by two rounds of grenades.
The grenade explosion completely disrupted the situation, resulting in heavy casualties. What Huang Xueren had to do next was to increase the casualties of the Ming army, completely knock back the Ming army's charge, and even force them to collapse completely.
He didn't believe it. Even though hundreds of people were killed and injured at one time, these Ming soldiers still had the courage to continue charging!
The grenade preparation is very quick. Just pick up the grenade, light the fuse and throw it out!
Therefore, just after a few breaths, Huang Xueren shouted again: "Drop a bomb!"
Immediately, the last twenty or so grenades from the new army of the Tang Dynasty flew towards the Ming army, which had suffered heavy casualties.
At this time, the Ming soldiers who were stunned by the bombing finally reacted, and no one knew who shouted: "Run!"
Almost instantly, the surviving Ming soldiers in the front row turned around and ran back!
However, the speed of their running was naturally not as fast as the flying speed of grenades. Within a few seconds, there was another dense explosion from the Ming army that had begun to run towards them.
Just like the previous two times, countless Ming soldiers once again fell into a pool of blood!
The first round of explosions had already stunned these Ming troops.
The second round of explosions had already driven these Ming troops to despair.
And this third round of explosions was enough to make these Ming soldiers wish their parents had given them fewer legs, for fear that they would not be able to run fast enough.
The Ming army collapsed!
The speed of collapse far exceeded everyone's expectations!
Wang Shanxu, who was behind the parapet, looked at the Ming soldiers who were rushing forward like a tide, carrying their own muskets and bows. After three rounds of explosions, killing and wounding hundreds at once, they receded like a tide.
He also opened his mouth wide.
After a long time, he uttered one word: "Oh my God!"
Even Wang Shanxu, who had commanded the musketeers to knock down rows of Ming troops and caused the Ming troops to collapse several times, couldn't help but exclaim after seeing the explosive effect of more than a hundred grenades!
This grenade is really powerful!
Could this not be powerful?
These one hundred grenades are simply more than one hundred bombs, and they are also explosive bombs!
They were dropped intensively in less than twenty seconds, and the effect was almost equivalent to a hundred artillery firing grenades at the same time.
And more importantly, in these days' army operations, the density of soldiers is as dense as possible, especially during this kind of charge, it is even more dense.
As a result, the killing effect of each grenade is astonishing. If it falls in a place where the Ming army is relatively small, it can kill at least one or two people. If it falls in a crowded place, it can kill more than ten people.
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One hundred grenades exploded at once, how many Ming troops could be killed?
At least there must be more than a few hundred people. At least the Ming army corpses and wounded lying on the ground are densely packed and countless. At least there must be three to four hundred people.
Under normal circumstances, these grenades cannot cause such a terrifying killing effect, but whether it is for the Ming army or the new army of the Tang Dynasty, these grenades are new things, and the Ming army never expected to suffer such a blow.
Therefore, there was no targeted defense at all, such as spreading out when charging.
And Huang Xueren endured the Ming army and rushed to a distance of less than 20 meters before ordering the throwing of grenades. Only in this way could he cause such horrific damage.
According to the previous plan, after the Ming army rushed to a distance of about thirty meters, they should have started throwing grenades, but Huang Xueren did not do so.
Despite the increasing casualties on his side and the pressure from Li Xuan, he insisted on delaying the bomb drop for a few minutes. In these few minutes, the Ming army entered the optimal grenade range of twenty meters.
If the Ming army, which had killed and wounded hundreds of people at once, still did not collapse, then they would not be the Ming army!
Seeing that the front row of soldiers of the Ming army had collapsed, and the Ming army crowding the rear kept retreating to the rear!
Li Xuan also knows that he has already won more than half of this battle, and the rest will not be defense, but counterattack!
He immediately said in a deep voice: "Send the order immediately and charge the whole army!"
Even though he already knew that this battle had laid the foundation for victory, and even though his expression began to show joy, he still resisted the urge to remain aloof, as if everything was expected.
The messengers around him began to play flags, and the drummers also began to beat the giant drums quickly. The dense drum sound represented the signal for the entire army to charge.
When the soldiers of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty on the front line heard the intensive beating of drums, they naturally knew what it meant. One by one, the officers began to raise their command swords and shouted loudly: "Charge!"